Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, London, England, 1992 October 19 : autograph manuscript signed.

Describing her nervousness "yesterday (Sunday)" and then reassurance upon receipt of their letters "this morning"; replying in the affirmative to Merchant's query about receiving his letter from Cologne; mentioning Merchant's comments about that trip and his hotel, with mention of a hotel opposite the Cologne Cathedral called "the Dom Hotel" ("not that I was ever in it - no Jews allowed"); recounting recent activities of Shashi [Kapoor] and relaying his statement about "how wonderfully you looked after him" in Cannes, the "wonderful time" he had there, and how he is "looking forward to 'In Custody'"; describing the "very worrying" "last 10 days", during which Renana suffered a relapse of typhoid fever; stating Renana is now better but still weakened; discussing Picasso screenplay and referring to Françoise Gilot; mentioning "my long letter about 'Remains' in which she suggests changes to the screenplay; remarking on "[w]hat a nice interview Vanessa [Redgrave] gave!" and mentioning "she wanted to be Miss Kenton"; relaying to Merchant the "great amusement at CAA with you overpaying me!"; stating, "Jhab is pleased."